There is a need for a public phone number to report any instance of detection of suspicious drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), a national conference of various security agencies proposed on Thursday.
The Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPRD), a national policing think-tank under the Union Home ministry, has organised a two-day 'National Seminar cum Exhibition on Anti-Drone Technology'.
The conference highlighted the need for specifications for counter-UAV solutions, training of master trainers and necessity to have a contact number for all citizens to report any suspicious flying object, according to a statement issued at the conclusion of the first day of deliberations.
Standard operating procedures (SOP) for giving security clearance by law enforcement agencies to drone operations should also be updated, it said.
The Indian Air Force, airports guarding force CISF, counter-terrorist operations force CRPF, state police units, intelligence agencies and other such ...
